In this month’s Climate Conversations we are talking Climate Change and Sport.

We hone in on six popular UK sporting events including the First Test Match at Edgbaston, the Great North Run, the London Marathon and the Six Nations Rugby and how they will be influenced by future weather trends due to climate change – picking on latest research by the Met Office. Also we talk to the founder of the Green Gazelles Rugby Club, and their perspective on how matches and training are being disrupted currently by the unpredictability of extreme weather, touching on the recent World Rugby Climate Report, and proactive responses to raise awareness across the sport.

Produced and presented by Alex Burkill and Clare Nasir with guests, Met Office Climate Scientist Lottie Woods and Founder of Green Gazelles Rugby Club, Brendan Bale. Climate Conversations is a monthly show that takes an in depth look at the trends and impacts of climate change by chatting to experts about their latest research and insights.

Climate Conversations brings you a show on Machine Learning within the discipline of Climate Science. Dr Doug McNeall introduces two Met Office experts, Prof Simon Vosper, Director of Science at the Met Office and Dr Rachel McInnes, Co-Director the Joint Centre for Environmental Intelligence. They discuss the latest developments and challenges of working with Machine Learning in advancing climate science... Their conversations detail methods used to support operational weather and climate models and forecasting and a glimpse into what we can expect next from this emerging technology.

Dr. Bernardo Flores and Professor Richard Betts discuss the risk that the Amazon Rainforest could tip from a carbon sink to a source.

Their latest scientific paper highlights future tipping points across the Amazon Rainforest.

With Dr. Doug McNeall and Clare Nasir.

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Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

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In our climate podcast, Dr Doug McNeall speaks to Dr Matt Palmer on the science behind the 1.5° C temperature target. They discuss the challenges to keep the global temperature increase below 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels in order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.

Writing in the journal Nature ahead of COP28, a team of Met Office scientists has proposed a solution to define the current level of global warming relevant to the Paris Agreement. Climate Scientist Dr Matt Palmer is the architect of the new ‘Indicators of Global Warming’ dashboard, which complements the newly proposed indicators. The dashboard displays eight separate indicators as well as observed global mean temperature using Met Office HadCRUT5 data. The groundbreaking new tool provides real time insights on the status of our efforts to keep warming below 1.5° C.

The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

Alex Deakin and Alex Burkill discuss the week's weather events.

The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

Clare Nasir speaks with Professor Kirstine Dale, Met Office Chief AI Officer and Turing Fellow, about a groundbreaking new partnership with The Turing Institute to accelerate Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based forecasting with the potential for wide benefits to societies around the world.

Alex Deakin and Aidan McGivern reflect on a stormy week of powerful winds and strong opinion!

The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

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Clare Nasir, Alex Deakin and Aidan McGivern reflect on the conditions that brought Storm Babet to the UK this week.

The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

www.metoffice.gov.uk

Clare Nasir and Alex Deakin hear why leaves change colour in the Autumn.

The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service.

The Met Office website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types and climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

www.metoffice.gov.uk/

Clare Nasir and Alex Burkill take a look at the week's global weather events and hear how Met Office data is being used to help emergency responders in the UK.

The Met Office is the United Kingdom's national weather service. Our website carries the latest UK and global weather forecasts, detailed information on weather types, climate science and UK weather records for previous months, seasons and years.

www.metoffice.gov.uk